Will iconic images recorded in the grooves of an ancient vase unite the Holy Land or rip it further apart?

THE VASE

A novel by Mark M. DeRobertis

Muhsin Muhabi is a Palestinian potter, descended from a long line of potters. His business is run from the same shop owned by his ancestors since the day his forebears moved to Nazareth. The region's conflict saw the death of his oldest son, and rogue terrorists are in the process of recruiting his youngest in their plot to assassinate the Pope and Israeli prime minister.

Professor Hiram Weiss is an art historian at Nazareth’s Bethel University. He is also a Shin Bet operative on special assignment. With the help of fellow agent, Captain Benny Mathias, he plans to destroy the gang responsible for the death of his wife and only child. He puts a bomb in the ancient vase he takes on loan from Muhsin’s Pottery Shop.

Mary Levin, the charming assistant to the director of Shin Bet, has lost a husband and most of her extended family to recurring wars and never-ending terrorism. She dedicates her life to the preservation of Israel, but to whom will she dedicate her heart? The brilliant professor from Bethel University? Or the gallant captain who now leads Kidon?

Harvey Holmes, the Sherlock of Haunted Houses, is a Hollywood TV host whose reality show just flopped. When a Lebanese restaurant owner requests his ghost-hunting services, he believes the opportunity will resurrect his career. All he has to do is exorcise the ghosts that are haunting the restaurant. It happens to be located right across the street from Muhsin’s Pottery Shop.




Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Volume 2 - Rockin' the Millennium


Like I said, Volume 2 Rockin' the Millennium does exist and here is the cover design. It's from some image I found on the internet. I don't know if it's a painting or a CGI. I just thought it was a cool image and would work for the title of the album.

This is actually my second choice for the cover design of Volume 2. My first choice was a simple sunset over an ocean setting, but then I thought  it just didn't have enough in the composition to make it interesting. So I switched to this image. It too is a sunset, but it looks like there's a city or some kind of urban environment in there. And there's some kind of tower in the foreground to the right and a smoke stack in the distance to the left. These elements contribute to a better image.

And because it also is depicting a sunset, it gives it pretty much the same color scheme as the first design I had chosen. Another factor that improves the image is the clouds in this design give the impression of an imminent storm. But exactly what that is just above the tower on the upper right is beyond me. I don't know if those are also clouds or is it smoke or what?

But whatever, the image in its entirety makes for a good cover design for my Volume 2.
The playlist is as follows:

The Maverick
Sinister Minister
Certain People
Demon Dance
The Woman
Inferno
Too Late
The Fast Life
Lessons
Rejoin Society
Journey

These songs are my first rock songs, thus the words, "Rockin' the..." in the title. And then I thought "Rockin'..." would work for all my album titles. And I have 13 albums at this time.

On CDs so far are Volumes 2 - 8. With 12 and 13 done before my new technology had been procured. So I will redo those once 9 - 11 have been completed. Stay tuned!

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